Teachers in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Arizona are turning to union tactics, including walkouts and highly publicized teacher protests, to emphasize the catastrophic financial situation that is afflicting many public school districts in their states. It’s a new trend, fostered by frustration over shockingly low teacher salaries and constantly diminishing financial support for such education necessities as textbooks, school supplies, and maintenance of school…

Democrats in Horry County are taking action to combat plastic litter in our food chain, waterways, neighborhoods and oceans. Intense focus is on the plague of plastics: H.3529 in the SC Senate and the Zero Waste Resolution passed at the HCDP Convention March 24. What do these mean for voters in Horry County? There is growing…

by Don Kohn. As I begin my tenure as HCDP Chair, I want one factor to be abundantly clear. Our Party is committed to diversity in everything we do, and I pledge to fight every day to strengthen that commitment. I am proud to succeed Bennie Swans as chair. Bennie worked hard to address what he called…

by Don Kohn. Across the nation, it is clear that a Blue Wave is building as we head towards the November 6 elections, and it has some stalwart Republican leaders worried that it could turn into a tsunami. Just last Tuesday the Democratic-backed liberal candidate Rebecca Dallet trounced conservative Michael Screnock in the race for a 10-year…

 by Bennie Swans. The HCDP is Building for Success in 2018 – that’s the theme of our precinct reorganization and convention event March 24 – and we feel there is a blue wave coming nationally and very possibly to Horry County. You have a great chance to participate. Donald Trump and the Republicans who support him have…

A new leadership team that is dedicated to building a stronger HCDP, including attracting effective, qualified candidates for every available elected office, is now in place following the 2018 Precinct Reorganization and Convention event held March 24. Elected as HCDP’s new chair was Don Kohn, of Conway, who for the past two years has served as…

The Horry County Democratic Party will hold precinct reorganization meetings and our county convention on March 24, 2018 at the Academy of Technology and Academics, located at the intersection of US Hwy 701N and Hwy 22. Between now and March 24, here are some important things to know and consider before you attend this event.…

by Bennie Swans. This is only March and already there have been 93 deaths due to opioid overdoses in Horry County. That is simply unbelievable and it’s an indication that strong, effective action must be taken to combat what has become a deadly crisis. A solid step was taken Feb. 27 at the 2018 Bucksport Opioid Summit,…

Bill Hopkins, an attorney from Pawley’s Island, announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress in South Carolina’s Seventh Congressional District, which is currently represented by Congressman Tom Rice. Hopkins is running for Congress to fight for people who must work for a living who are being forgotten in Washington today. In his press release, Hopkins stated, “For…

by Bennie Swans. President Trump’s federal budget plan for 2019 is a cruel hoax on the very core of his supporters, the low and middle-income Americans who were lured into the sweet sound of “Make America Great Again.” This budget blueprint was met with this headline in The Washington Post: “In Trump’s Budget Proposal, the Poor Lose…

by Bennie Swans. Every day some new development occurs that reminds us just how important it is that we, as Democrats, make every effort possible to encourage our friends and neighbors to register to vote and then be certain that they turn out on election day. Never before has our nation faced such a crisis as we…

 by Nancy Anderson. Horry County Democrats who are fed up with politics as usual and are ready to help elect Democrats in 2018 and beyond are encouraged to sign up to be county convention delegates and indicate their interest in running for state convention delegate positions when they attend their precinct reorganization meetings the morning of…

by Rick Comfort. The President's State of the Union address last Tuesday was a window into the future, while at the same time a look back in history with his reference to "all the good news" and his emphasis on the economy and how "your pension, 401 or whatever" is healthy with big earnings. Let's look at…